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Planorbid snail

Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The planorbid snail (Biomphalaria glabrata) is a species in the family Planorbidae.

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Quick facts about the planorbid snail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the planorbid snail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the planorbid snail as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Denmark
  2. St. Lucia
  3. Ukraine

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the planorbid snail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the planorbid snail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. familyPlanorbidae
  5. genusBiomphalaria
  6. SpeciesBiomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818)

Synonyms Australorbis bahiensis, Australorbis glabratus, Australorbis glabratus christopherensis, Australorbis olivaceus, Planorbis albescens, Planorbis antiguensis, Planorbis antillarum, Planorbis bahiensis, Planorbis becki, Planorbis blauneri, Planorbis bolivianus, Planorbis concavospira, Planorbis confusus, Planorbis dentifer, Planorbis ferrugineus, Planorbis glabratus, Planorbis guadaloupensis, Planorbis guadeloupensis, Planorbis immunis, Planorbis lugubris, Planorbis lundii, Planorbis olivaceus, Planorbis preglabratus, Planorbis viridis, Planorbis xerampelinus, Tophius glabratus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Blabrous ramshornEnglish
  • Bloodfluke planorbEnglish
  • Glabrous ramshornEnglish
  • Blutegel-TellerschneckeGerman
  • Planorbe glabreFrench
  • kotúľka afrikánskaSlovak
  • 紅扁蜷Chinese
  • Bilharziose-TellerschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the planorbid snail

Other species in the same genus Biomphalaria.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the planorbid snail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the planorbid snail as introduced in 3 countries: Denmark, St. Lucia and Ukraine, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Planorbid snail (Biomphalaria glabrata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/planorbid-snail

MLA

“Planorbid snail (Biomphalaria glabrata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/planorbid-snail.

BibTeX
@misc{planorbid_snail_2026,
  title = {Planorbid snail (Biomphalaria glabrata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/planorbid-snail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}